Monthly Archives: April 2019

Following the release of the Matrix box office hit, which turns 20 this year, productions such as Black Mirror, Westworld, Ex Machina, Minority Report and Her are just a few examples of cinematic works that deal with realities created from human interaction with developed technologies through the use of automation and data science processes. Today,…

The Internet Governance Forum, or IGF, is the main space for debate on Internet governance worldwide and aims to create an environment for dialogue among the key players in this ecosystem. However, given the fact that it is an event of multistakeholder nature, the IGF encounters some difficulties related to maintaining the expectations, interests and…

The Secretary of Public Security of São Paulo is going to add, in October 2019, drones into the Eagle Eye System. Using reality register and verification technologies to control our fears seems like an obvious way to go. Nevertheless, it is still necessary to think about who controls those surveillance tools. Technology in the…

On March 14, the Chief Justice of the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil (Supremo Tribunal Federal – STF), Dias Toffoli, ordered the opening of an inquiry to investigate the alleged existence of slander, threats and fraudulent reports against the Court, its members and relatives. The investigation, which has the Minister Alexandre de Moraes as rapporteur,…

On March 26th, 2019, the European Parliament adopted the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Popularly dubbed an “anti-meme law,” this document promises a number of troubling repercussions for the internet, both on the European and global scene. This article intends to carry out an analysis of the document’s final version and to…